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Without the world's biggest twineball, it's not a legit vote anyway

Some silly company has decided that the what the world needs now is a “new” set of 7 Wonders of the World, due to almost all of the original 7 Ancient Wonders having disappeared due to earthquakes or poor fire safety*. For those of you who never played Civilization, the original seven wonders were:

The Great Pyramid at Giza

The Colossus at Rhodes

The Mausolleum at Helicarnassus

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Lighthouse at Alexandria

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

But now this 7wonders.com website company is “allowing” people to vote on which still-standing edifices are good enough to be considered wonders for contemporary society. Never minding the fact that this has already been done severaltimesbyothergroups. Of course, you can vote the first time for free, but if you really want to support your favorite candidate, you have to buy extra votes**.

Needless to say I find this whole thing to be schlock. I mean, where does it end? Hey, I know – all the original 12 disciples are dead, right? Let’s all vote for new ones! I’ll run the vote. Since it’s pretty much a popularity contest, I’d anticipate that the nominees would include:

The Pope (seeing as how Peter was considered the first pope, it’s sort of a legacy thing)

Any or all of the Britney Spears/Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan scandal-triumvirate

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